Marker hanger



Jah. 16, 1928.

1,655,782 T. E. cQRRlGAN MARKER HANGER Filed Jan Patented Jan. 10,v 1928.

TED STA TfEfS 'imams nnwnnnconmenn, or PUEBLO, COLORADO.

' MARKER HANGER.

Application '1e`d 'January 27, 1927. 'Serial No. 164,116.

l :This invention 'rlatesto aiportableihanger 'especially 'designed *for supporting a lantern employed .as ra marker on the .end Vcars of trains and on cars'not inuse. An important object of the invention is to provide a hanger of this character which may be readily and easily positioned on the usual grab iron of a car and secured in such position. i

A still further object of the invention is to provide a hanger of this character which may be adjusted so that it may be secured to grab irons of various structures.

With the foregoing and other objects in l5 View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that 2o changes in the precise embodiment of the in` vention herein disclosed, may be made wit-hin ,the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating a hanger constructed in accordance with the invention and showing the same as supported on the grab -iron of a railway car.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same, one 3o of the side members of the device being shown in longitudinal section.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the device. y

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device includes an angle bar 5 having right angled end portions 6 formed with laterally extended lugs 7.

This angle bar rovides a support for the hanger roper wliich includes a rod bent intermedliate its ends to provide hook portions 8 connected by the intermediate portion 9, the hook portions being so constructed that they will fit over the usual grab iron f a railway car.

' Locking disks 10 are provided on the arms of the hanger and are adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof, there being provided set screws 11 extending through the disks and contacting with the arms to hold the disks in their positions of adjustment with, the result that when the hanger is positionedv over a grab iron, the disks 10 may be moved to contact with the under end of the grab iron locking the hanger in position.

Nuts 12 and 13 respectively are secured 0n opposite sides of the angle bar 5 and act as a means *for securing the yhanger fproper to theban.

The'device also embodies a main frame indicated generally by the reference character 14, which'main frame has right angled end portions defining arms 15 which have openings to receive the lugs 7 so that the bar 5 may be adjusted longitudinally of the arms 15 adapting the device for use in connection with grab irons supported various distances from cars.

Bolts 16 extend through the end portions 6 and accommodate the winged nuts 17 so that the bar 5 may be held in various positions of adjustment throughout the length of arms 15.

In order that the device may be supported on the rung of the vusual iron ladder of a railway car, laterally adjustable arms 18 are provided which arms are formed with elongated openings to accommodate the heads 19 of the screws 20 that are secured within the main frame 14.

Bolts 21 extend through the elongated openings 22 of the arms 18 and are supplied with winged nuts 23 to clamp the arms into engagement with the main frame when an adjustment of the arms has been made.

Thus it will be seen that due to this construction the hook may be positioned over the rung of a ladder and the arms 18 adjusted laterally to engage the side members of the ladder so that the device will be supported in a true horizontal plane.

The reference character 24 indicates a keeper carried by the main bar 5, which keeper is designed to receive the usual Wedgeshaped head of the lantern supporting bracket 25, which is removably supported by the bar 5.

F rom the foregoing it will be seen that due to this construction, a lantern may be readily and easily supportedby the last car of a. train, or may be supported on any car supplied with the usual grab irons or ladders.

It might be further stated that while I. have shown and described a lantern supporting bracket as used in connection with the keeper 24, it is to be understood that the usual statil socket and supporting arm employed for supporting signal flags, may be positioned in the keeper 24 without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described a main frame including forwardly extended arms having elongated out out portions, a bar supported bet-Ween the arms, bolts carried by the bar and disposed Within the cut out portions, means on the bolts for securing the bar to the arms, a hanger secured to the bar and adapted to be hung over the grab iron of a railway car, adjustable locking members on the hanger for locking the hanger in position, and a keeper on the bar adapted to receive a lantern supporting bracket.

2. ln a device of the character described,

a'niaiii frame embodying forwardly extended tu arms, a bar supported between the arms and adapted to be adjusted llongitudinally o the arms, a hanger carriedr by the bar and adapted to be hung over the grab iron of a railway car, laterally adjustable arms adapted to extend at right angles to and beyond the rst mentioned arms to brace the hanger, and a keeper carried by the bar and adapted to receive a lantern supporting bracket. Y In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto atlixed my `signare. i

THOMAS EDWARD GORRlGAN. 

